(Q1152)
Statements
Acquired by Karen Gould (1946-2012) from Goodspeed’s Bookshop, Boston, July 6, 1981; gift of Lewis Gould to the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in 2012 in his wife's memory.
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s. XIV; 1300-1399
14. century
1300Gregorian
1399Gregorian
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Binding: Not bound.
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Other decoration, One leaf: Foliation in red roman numerals in the center outer margin of the verso; cues within the text include folio number references. One large 32 mm red/blue initial with red/blue flourishing, three smaller 25mm (2 blue with red flourishing, 1 red with blue flourishing); verso: 3 smaller 25 mm (2 blue/red flourishing, red with blue flourishing).
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Number of scribes, One leaf: 1.
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Script, One leaf: Textura with Humanist elements.
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Music, One leaf: Square black notation on 4-line red staves.
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Layout, One leaf: 8 lines of text and music. Text block 230 x 161 mm. Dry point ruling.
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f. 1r-v: Contains the sung parts of the mass from the gradual of the Wednesday of the September Rogation Days through the Communion of that Friday. Note that the labels with recto-verso designations included in the image are reversed. The first two staves present the conclusion of the communion antiphon for mass of the 17th Sunday after Pentecost. The text then presents the introit for...
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Incipit, f. 1r-v: Feria vi Introitus, Letetur cor querentium; Graduale, Convertere domine; Offertorium, Benedic anima mea. Aufer a me//.
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Explicit, f. 1r-v: -cuitu eius offertis munera: terribili et ei qui aufert spiri-tus.
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We are grateful to Brother Thomas Sullivan, O.S.B., for providing the identification of the text, and to Patricia Deery Kurtz and Linda Ehrsam Voigts for the physical description.
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22 June 2023
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22 June 2023
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